We spent only a few nights in Panama since we had flights from Panama City to Lima booked already a long time ago, and we decided to spend more time in Costa Rica. Our main aim was to visit the Panama Canal and if time, walk around the city. Panama City is big Metropol and …
We arrived in Costa Rica capital San Jose on 17th of December. We decided to fly in although we would have wanted to travel by land with buses. We decided not to because we had heard from many people that political situation in Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua is not good and we were advised …
Guatemala is a land of volcanos and thereby we could not resist hiking on top of one of those. There are 3 volcanos around the Lake Atitlan and San Pedro volcano is the most famous for hiking. It is not an active volcano and hiking on top of it should be achievable for everyone. Like …
We stayed with a Mayan family in San Jose la Laguna. It was a fully traditional local family where different lives under one roof. The matriarch and the queen of the house Garciela work in a local fabric coloring cooperative. The patriarch Diego worked at the tourism center and in addition, he was involved in …
After we left Antigua, we decided to spend the rest of the week by infamous Lake Atitlan. This crater lake which, is surrounded by volcanoes, is referred to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. To get there we needed to take a 3 hours bus ride. We took a local “chicken bus” …
Antigua means old, so its one of the oldest cities in Guatemala and til 1776 it was the capital of the country. Antigua Guatemala, or more commonly referred to just Antigua, is significant for its’ well-preserved Spanish baroque style of architecture. There are numerous old churches which some of them are well preserved but some …